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''NYPD Blue'' is a CopShow with [[CrimeTimeSoap Soap Opera elements]] that ran on ABC from 1993 to 2005. Originally a star vehicle for David Caruso (who left after the first season to pursue a movie career), the show evolved into an [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters ensemble]], with Det. Andy Sipowicz (Creator/DennisFranz) as the focus character.

The show courted controversy from the start with its [[TooSexyForThisTimeSlot liberal use of nudity]] (mostly sideboob and butts, with the occasional steamy love scene) and salty language (one of Sipowicz's first lines is calling A.D.A. Sylvia Costas a "pissy little bitch", and it was one of the first shows to use the word "shit" on network television). The [[MoralGuardians Parents Television Council]] was formed primarily because of this show. It was also noted for resurrecting the careers of those (besides Caruso) who played Andy's partners (Creator/JimmySmits, and former child stars [[Series/SilverSpoons Rick Schroder]] and Creator/MarkPaulGosselaar)

The show was created by producer Creator/StevenBochco, and is considered the SpiritualSuccessor to his earlier, similarly ground-breaking ensemble cop show, ''Series/HillStreetBlues''.----!!This show contains examples of:* TheAlcoholic:** From the first episode, Sipowicz is established as an alcoholic, who goes to AA meetings and mostly manages to stay sober (though he does fall OffTheWagon two times). He also helps various colleagues with their drinking problems.** Detective [[spoiler: Russell]] is later revealed also to have problems with alcohol; she was driven to drink by traumatic events in her past. She is always shown ordering soft drinks when others drink, but does not want to discuss the reason, which causes resentment with some people.* AmoralAttorney: James Sinclair is a brilliant lawyer who often defends high-profile criminals and mob bosses, and tends to get them acquitted. This doesn't make him too popular among the detectives, and he is a special nemesis to Sipowicz who sees him as not just amoral, but positively evil, and doesn't hesitate to tell him so to his face. Despite this, Det. Kelly hires him to defend one of their colleagues when she is on trial for murder.* AndTheAdventureContinues: Although the final season features notable changes, like Medavoy retiring and Sipowicz being bumped up to the squad leader, the finale plays out pretty much like a regular episode, with new detectives being brought in as members of the staff, cases being explored, and everyone wishing Andy well as he remains at the office to finish up the paperwork for the night. Just another work day, with the implication that this will be the way things go tomorrow, and for a long while afterwards. * AnyoneCanDie: Especially if they're connected to Sipowicz. [[spoiler: 2 partners, his elder son, and a wife. And his boss, almost.]]* AsHerself: Porn star Vanessa del Rio appeared once, filing a complaint against a fan who was harassing her.* AshesToCrashes: a detective who used to work in the squad died and his widow wants the squad to store half of his ashes there, because that was the man's last wish. "Just put the urn in the back of a file cabinet or something, it wouldn't be any trouble." But the Lieutenant refuses on the grounds that it isn't regulation. Sipowitz manages to get the ashes stirred into the plaster being used to repair the bathroom, so he'll be there forever.%% * AspectMontage%% * {{Auction}}* BaldOfAwesome: Sipowicz.* BatmanGambit: Attempted in a multi-episode arc. [[spoiler: Hatcher]] carries out escalating acts of vengeance against Sipowicz to provoke him, ranging from slashing his tires to threatening Sipowicz's son, then carries a tape recorder, hoping Sipowicz will incriminate himself. Given their history, Sipowicz naturally suspects the guilty party and reacts more or less as hoped, and could have gotten into serious legal trouble. Unfortunately for the perp, the initial scheme involved so many distasteful crimes including multiple felonies easily traced to their source that even the local ObstructiveBureaucrat points out that Sipowicz would make a sympathetic defendant and the [[ItsAllAboutMe perp]] would get the book thrown at him.* BerserkButton** Andy Sipowicz was a veteran of UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar. So ''please'', do not lie to him about having fought in that war if you weren't actually there.** AmoralAttorney James Sinclair acts as a living BerserkButton to Sipowicz.** Sipowicz and John Clark, Sr. tend to press each other's berserk buttons a lot. When Clark finds out that his son is partnering up with Sipowicz, he [[spoiler: packs his son's bags and throws him out of their apartment]].* TheBoxingEpisode: In season nine, Det. Clarke agrees to settle a personal quarrel with one of the uniformed cops, Laughlin, by boxing against him at a precinct charity event. When rumour gets out that it is a grudge match, the captain stops the match. Laughlin puts intense pressure on Clark, pointing him out as a coward. Finally both combatants agree to hide their enmity and pretend the match is just for fun, which leads the captain to reinstate it.* BreakoutCharacter: Sipowicz, who started out second banana to John Kelly and ended up as one of the most famous TV detectives of all time. (Dennis Franz's ''four'' Emmys for the role certainly didn't hurt.)-->'''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Marge]]:''' Homer, I don't think you should wear a short-sleeved shirt with a tie.-->'''Homer:''' But Sipowicz does it.-->'''Marge:''' If Detective Sipowicz jumped off a cliff, would you do that too?-->'''Homer:''' Ohh... wish I was Sipowicz.* TheBusCameBack: After departing near the end of Season 8, Diane Russell returned for a one-off guest appearance in Season 10, and then a four-episode arc in Season 11. * ButICantBePregnant: Connie's Season 11 pregnancy, when she'd previously been stated to be infertile due to complications with a pregnancy when she was a teenager. But then Charlotte Ross got pregnant in real life. In the end, the writers were able to use the rather mild retcon of Connie's doctors telling her it would be ''almost'' impossible for her to get pregnant.* ButtMonkey: Medavoy ** Medavoy usually gets the "odd" case of the week. He doesn't usually suffer any major setbacks, but has a lot of bad luck, sometimes falls for scams, and tends to end up in situations where he's slightly out of his water.** He sometimes makes a rather naive impression and has a talent for stating the obvious, which often elicits snide comments from Sipowicz.** Subverted in the episode where he's fueled by disgust for the sexually motivated murder case he catches, does a great job investigating it and interrogating the perpetrator, and gets a commendation.** Also subverted by the circumstances of his retirement at the end of the series: when he takes romantic interest in a beautiful woman who is a successful real-estate agent, and she offers him work helping her with sales, Medavoy seems set up for another disappointment. However, everything turns out absolutely perfect this time around, and Medavoy can retire a happy man. * ByTheBookCop: ** Lt. Thomas Bale, who takes over command of the squad in the first episode of season 12, has been transferred from InternalAffairs with orders to bring what some superiors apparently perceive as a CowboyCop precinct into line. He insists that all official procedures be followed to the letter, even when the detectives (especially Sipowicz) don't think this is the optimal course of action. ** John Clarke, Sr., is one as well. He adamantly believes in never beating suspects and always reading them Miranda. He's not wild about his son working with Sipowicz because he knows Sipowicz is ''not'' a by-the-book cop and doesn't want his son learning the wrong lessons.* CaptainObvious: Medavoy, who sometimes gets snide comments from Sipowicz for stating what Sipowicz thinks is the obvious.* CharacterizationMarchesOn: It can be a little strange, after watching the later seasons, to look back at season one and behold a Sipowicz who frequents prostitutes and strip joints. He even ''smiles'', which later on seems to nearly [[PerpetualFrowner break his face]].* ChillyReception** When Simone replaces Kelly, Sipowicz gives him an extremely cold reception. This was intentionally [[BatmanGambit engineered]] by the writers -- they figured that if Sipowicz took an immediate, irrational dislike to Simone, it would leave the audience saying "Come on, Andy, give the guy a ''chance''." It worked.** And when Simone in turn is replaced by Sorenson, Russel's initial reaction to him is outright hostile. Justified since Russel is [[spoiler: in grief over Simone's death]], and Sorenson is a bit less than diplomatic his first day on the job. Their relationship improves considerably with time.** After serving under Lt. Fancy for over seven years, Sipowicz is extremely suspicious of Lt. Rodriguez, interpreting everything he says or does in the worst possible light and even taking an irrational dislike of his non-regulation beard. After Sipowicz confronts Rodriguez about interfering with his interrogation, and Rodriguez backs off and agrees to let him do things his way, Sipowicz starts warming up to him.* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: ** Most of the other detectives in the squad, mostly GhostExtras with an occasional line or two, disappear once the main cast of detectives gets fleshed out to more than just Sipowicz and Kelly. Medavoy gets PromotedToOpeningTitles but the rest are dropped.** Andy adopts a murder victim's dog, which appears one or two more times before disappearing without explanation by the time he moves in with Sylvia.** Detective Lesniak just stopped appearing after season 3, with no explanation given.** The same thing happens with Detective Kelly Ronson, who replaces [=McDowell=] when she goes on maternity leave towards the end of season 11. In the first episode of season 12 she is not there anymore and no mention is ever made of her leaving the precinct.* ClothingDamage: Connie [=McDowell=] gets her shirt almost completely torn off during a struggle to arrest a criminal, showing off her black bra.* CopsNeedTheVigilante: In one episode a civilian comes to the cops with evidence that another man is an active pedophile. They met while in an "ageplay" online group and the civilian pretended to be a little girl interested in sex. To get the other guy hot, our civilian sent him some child porn. The cops tell the civilian that not only was that planting evidence, he just confessed to the cops that he had child porn to send to someone else.%% The following is a ZCE since it doesn't explain why the episode is reviled. %% * {{Costumer}}: One of the series' most reviled episodes.* CreepyCrossdresser: In the season 11 episode "Andy Appleseed", the detectives go to the apartment of a murdered woman because they think the suspected murderer may be there. They find him in her closet, trying on her bras and panties.* CrimeAndPunishmentSeries: As a PoliceProcedural with a good mixture of relationship drama it fits into the genre.* DeadpanSnarker: Det. Sipowicz -- when he's in a good mood. * DeadPersonConversation: In one season 12 episode, Sipowicz is experiencing a crisis after being forcefully reminded of his mortality (in the previous episode, he's shot in the shoulder, and then he narrowly escapes being shot by a perp whose gun misfires). In his agitated state he first thinks he sees his late ex-partner Simone lying in a hospital bed that then turns out to be empty; a bit later Simone again appears to Sipowitz, and now carries out a whole conversation, talking about life and death and encouraging him to be a father figure to his new partner.* DeusAngstMachina: Sipowicz has had a dead wife, a dead son, two dead partners (and a third resigning in disgrace), and TWO cancer scares (his own and his youngest son's).* DiplomaticImpunity: A particularly egregious case of legal inaccuracy occured in the series final (s 12 ep 20), when a Japanese diplomat is bribed to sign a statement where he admits to the murder of a call girl, and then leaves the country. This admission is taken at face value by the FBI and the top brass of the NYPD (but not by Sipowicz). Even though the police officials have reasons to be happy to close the case, nobody even has a thought of requesting the help from the Japanese authorities to remove his diplomatic immunity, or even have him interrogated by Japanese police, and it is quietly assumed that the self-confessed murderer will face no investigation when returning home. * DirtyCop: Harry Denby, who is first seen as the detective investigating Jill Kirkendall's ex-husband for drug-running. He comes across as a JerkAss with a drinking problem who comes on to Russell and tries to use her loyalty to Kirkendall as leverage. Later he is discovered actually to be working with the criminals he is investigating. After he is suspended and waiting for indictment he tries to take over the drug operation himself. Like all his endeavours, it fails tragically. [[spoiler: He more or less forces Jill to shoot him.]]* DirtyHarriet: ** In the sixth-season epsiode ''Mister Roberts'', Jill Kirkendall goes undercover as a call girl to get evidence against a suspected murderer. The operation is pictured as unusual and highly dangerous.** [=McDowell=] impersonates a prostitute in order to get past a drug dealer's henchmen and into his apartment. This is not a real underconver operation, since as soon as she is inside, the other detectives burst in and make the arrest. Doubly played for FanService: not only is she wearing quite revealing clothes, but her shirt gets ripped off during the fight that follows.** Discussed by Det. Rita Ortiz in the ninth season: one of the reasons she transferred from Vice into the squad is that she was tired of the clothes she had to wear while undercover. We later learn that her jealous husband was very frustrated about this.** In the season 10 premiere, [=McDowell=] and Ortiz pretend to be prostitutes to get into a heavily guarded drug stash house. They drop the pretense as soon as the guard has opened the door. * DislikesTheNewGuy: When Bobby Simone joins the squad his new partner Andy Sipowicz dislikes him as of his first line. This is specifically done to make the audience sympathetic to Simone, who replaces the very popular John Kelly. Andy warms up to Simone eventually, even having him be the best man at his wedding. * DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Det. Sorenson]] is murdered off-screen by [[spoiler:his stripper girlfriend's ex]].* EarnYourHappyEnding: Whilst the final episode makes it very clear that life and work will go on as usual for Andy Sipowicz, he is not only far better off at the end than he was at the beginning (both professionally and in his personal life), but also a better person.* FairCop: ** All the female detectives on the squad are very good-looking and often wear tight clothes. Most of them have at least one scene in the nude or in their underwear.** Most other female cops are as well, such as Mary Franco (who was dating Sorenson in season 7).** Baldwin Jones is the main male example (though Sipowicz's partners were generally good-looking, too). He is also very tall, athletic and well-toned. He has many shirtless scenes to show off his abs.** Sometimes used to their advantage by the detectives: many male suspects will lower their guards when talking to a good-looking woman, and Baldwin Jones has the same effect on most female suspects and witnesses (sometimes he is too successful when a female witness gets so DistractedByTheSexy that they can't concentrate on their statement).* FakeAmerican: InUniverse. Naomi, one of the [=PAAs=] that pass through during the run, is an Australian who fakes a South Carolina accent in order to pass as American. It's been her dream to be a police officer in New York since she was a little girl living in Australia.* FanService: The show often pushed the boundaries of how much skin (or sexuality) you could show on network TV. * FanDisservice: The nudity and sex is frequently a double-edged sword, especially in the early seasons where it seems to be used for shock value. The later seasons tone down the nudity and tend to use it more for straight FanService than for disservice.* FeedbackRule: At Sipowicz's bachelor party, held at a bar with a Karaoke machine, when Maritnez steps up to the mic there's feedback as he says "IsThisThingOn" (even though someone else just got done singing) before launching an off-key rendition of "My Way." * {{Gayngster}}: Jimmy Del Marco in "A Tushful of Dollars."* TheGhost: After Connie takes maternity leave to have her baby she, her son with Andy, and her adopted daughter are never seen again but are referred to several times since Andy is still married to her. She calls in to the squad once in a while, or Andy will call home, but we [[NewhartPhonecall only hear Andy's half of the conversations]].* GeodesicCast: Andy and his current partner, Medavoy and his, often a third female duo.* TheGreenEyedMonster: Rita Ortiz's husband is jealous to the point of paranoia, even asking Lt. Rodriguez to keep an eye on her (which Rodriguez refuses to do). * InappropriatelyCloseComrades: One VictimOfTheWeek is a Marine Corps recruiter who is having an affair with his married partner. Though she's married to a recently retired General. * IconicItem: Sipowicz's famous short-sleeved shirt and tie combo.* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: ** Sipowicz. He can be very abrasive even to people he respects and likes, but he is a loyal friend and willing to help people in need.** ADA Leo Cohen is presented as perhaps an even bigger JerkAss than Sipowicz, and seems to constantly look for opportunities to show how much smarter than the detectives he is. But there are occasional glimpses of his honesty and integrity, he does care about justice as much as anyone else, and his behaviour seems to be caused more by poor social skills than real meanness. He also displays his softer side when he starts dating Det. Kirkendall; unfortunately for him, his social skills aren't enough to make the relationship last.* JobTitle: The '''PD''' in the title of this show about cops stands for Police Department.* JurisdictionFriction: Any time the FBI shows up, expect Sipowicz to hate them. He seems to have good reason, as they are generally portrayed as useless at handling street crime, but good at taking the credit for solved cases.* KissOfDeath: In "Cold Heaters," Simone's childhood friend, Ray [=DiSalvo=], contacts him from prison with information on a murder, hoping to get an early release. (He was in jail because he refused to heed a warning from Simone in an earlier episode.) The information pans out, but Simone later learns that [=DiSalvo=] had, in a previous attempt to commute his sentence, tried to sell a misdeed of Simone's to InternalAffairs. Simone finally realizes what kind of man [=DiSalvo=] really is. At their last meeting, he pulls [=DiSalvo=] into a fiercely emotional hug, tells him that when he gets out, he doesn't want to see him ever again, and then walks out, leaving [=DiSalvo=] in tears.* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: The series finale introduces a new pair of detectives, Ray Quinn and Joe Slova, who get assigned to the squad in order to fill the void left by Medavoy retiring and Sipowicz being made squad commander. * LingerieScene: ** More or less the entire female cast has one or more of these, sometimes leading up to a sex scene, sometimes as a result of ClothingDamage.** A rather gratuitous example: in one of Det. Connie [=McDowell's=] first episodes, she is investigating a crime at a bar when a patron spills a drink over her. ''Of course'' she immediately has to go to the rest room, take off her shirt, and wash it in the sink. The scene itself is important to the plot as it leads to her discovering important evidence; the shots of her in her lacy black bra are less so.** In a later episode, [=McDowell=] gets a brief one when her top gets almost completely torn off during a struggle to arrest some criminals.* LiterallyLaughableQuestion: In "NYPD Lou", Alphonse Giardella hits on the female D.A. who is assigned to his case. She tries to be polite about it, but excuses herself to go to the bathroom, where she breaks up laughing over the whole thing. Giardella's enemies take this moment to kill him.* LyingToThePerp: A technique often used by the detectives when interviewing suspects.* LongBusTrip: ** Though it is never followed up, David Caruso's departure from the series is certainly open-ended enough that for a couple of seasons afterwards it wouldn't have been unexpected to have seen Detective Kelly walk right back through those doors.** Particularly strange in-story is his complete non-appearance at Sipowicz's wedding. Apparently the writing staff were tempted to [[PutOnABusToHell put John Kelly on a bus to hell]] following the way Caruso had treated them, as a TakeThat to the actor. But ultimately they felt that whatever problems they had to deal with as far as the actor was concerned, the ''character'' of Detective John Kelly deserved more respect than that, so they allowed him to have a dignified departure with no repercusions.* MediaWatchdog: one of their go-to targets.* TheMobBossIsScarier: PoliceProcedural shows like this one utilize this trope a lot when dealing with organized crime. [[TheMafiya Russian mobsters]] are portrayed as being especially intimidating, with a willingness to wipe out employees, witnesses, and families of same.* NearRapeExperience: When Diane goes undercover to investigate violent psychopath Jimmy Liery, he slips a pill into her drink. She gets dizzy and he carries her out of the bar, after which she wakes up naked in bed with him with no memory of how she got there. When she confronts him (armed), he admits he drugged her with the intention of raping her, but he couldn't go through with the latter part.* NobleBigotWithABadge: Sipowicz, though this is toned down in the later seasons. This is shown as character development: he comes to realize that his dislike of African-Americans is based on a traumatic incident in his past and manages to re-direct his anger at the actual bad guy rather than into general racism.* NoEnding: Done deliberately. Though Medavoy ends his police career on a happy note by moving on to a new job and a new relationship, and Sipowicz gets promoted to command the squad, the last episode ends just as any other episode. It is obvious that life in the precinct will continue just as usual the next morning.* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Dennis Franz's Chicago accent coming from Brooklyn boy Sipowicz.* NotInFrontOfTheParrot: Sgt. Gibson's obnoxious parrot. (Made more obnoxious by Andy secretly training it to say nothing but "douchebag")* OffTheWagon: This happens twice to Sipowicz. Russel also has an episode. Both times they get back on the wagon, with some help from friends and colleagues.* OohMeAccentsSlipping: InUniverse with civilian aide Naomi Reynolds, who claims to be from South Carolina but is actually Australian (as is her actress, Gabrielle Fitzpatrick). When she's upset her natural accent slips through, which is how she gets found out.* PetHomosexual: John, the CampGay civilian aide, may seem like this in the beginning, but this turns into a subversion in that he is portrayed quite respectfully and seriously. Initially he has some difficulty being accepted by some of the detectives, most notably Sipowicz, but ends up being a good friend of everybody in the squad.* ThePlace: The '''NY''' in the title stands for New York.* PointyHairedBoss: Blatantly unqualified Sgt. Gibson, though it is made clear that his appointment is a stop-gap measure, due to a shortage of qualified lieutenants. And perhaps his being golf buddies with the Chief of Detectives played a small part in it as well.* PoliceBrutality: ** There's rarely an episode that passes without a suspect getting "tuned up". Sometimes it's as minor as a [[DopeSlap slap upside the head]]. Sometimes it gets pretty bad (and the suspect gets off because of it), especially early in the series.** Even when he doesn't actually use physical force, Sipowicz often threaten suspects with violence to intimidate them. ** Sorenson is suspended after beating up a murder suspect during interrogation, making his confession inadmissible in court. * PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: In one episode Danny references [[Film/AustinPowers Dr. Evil]]; Andy's response makes it clear that he thinks that Danny is talking about Creator/EvelKnievel.* PreviouslyOn: Often used not so much to recapitulate the previous episode, but to refresh the viewer's memory of what happened several months ago. Played more straight in the later seasons.* PrimalScene: Non-sex example; when Connie and Andy move in together, this happens to her and Theo, who walks in to the bathroom just as she's dropped her robe to get in the shower. They both freeze for several moments before Connie tries to cover her nudity with her hands and Theo quickly exits the room with an embarassed "Sorry!" Poked fun at when Connie later asks Andy if he got Theo to school.-->'''Andy:''' Took him to "Hooters" instead. He insisted.* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Several of the eventual members of the main cast started out as recurring characters who would get bumped up during a succeeding episode or season. These included Sharon Lawrence, Gordon Clapp, Gail O'Grady, Bill Brochtrup, Kim Delaney, Justine Miceli, Andrea Thompson, John F. O'Donohue, Garcelle Beauvais, Charlotte Ross, and Esai Morales. ** Of the lot, Morales took the shortest amount of time, as he was introduced the episode before he was added. Brochtrup and O'Donohue took the longest, with the former debuting late in Season 2 and not being put in the main titles until the middle of Season 6 while the latter first popped up in early Season 7 and wasn't added until the middle of Season 11. * PunBasedTitle: Most of the individual episodes. * RabidCop: Sipowicz. He learns to control his aggressiveness over the course of the series, but woe those suspects who talk back at him.* RapeAsBackstory: ** Sylvia, though it's not really an ongoing trauma.** [[spoiler:Diane's]] undercover operation with [[spoiler:Jimmy Liery (see above)]] sends her into a serious mental tailspin, causing her to [[spoiler:finally confront the fact that her father molested her when she was twelve.]]* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: When Detective Martinez's girlfriend is raped, the squad find a street thug who she can identify as the assailant. She doesn't want to go through a trial, though. Sipowicz is given free reign to [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique beat a confession out of him]] so that a guilty plea will be entered without publicity.* RecoveredAddict: Andy Sipowicz, who as of the first episode is a rude, racist alcoholic and borderline drug addict. Early in the first season he stops drinking, but later falls off the wagon. After he joins AA he remains sober - even going so far as to initially refuse pain medication during a surgery - and generally becomes a much nicer person. He even helps a few others stop drinking.* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The main plot of "Roll Out The Barrel" is based on the murder of [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Reyna_Marroquin Reyna Angelica Marroquin]], a crime discovered a few months before the episode aired.* UsefulNotes/SafeHarbor: One of the few shows on network TV to exploit this.* TheScottishTrope: In "Cold Heaters," an actor in the station house runs into John, who remembers seeing him as Banquo in "the Scottish play."* ScunthorpeProblem: Watching the show with closed captioning on will of course result in xxxx (shit) and xxxxxxx (asshole), but also things like xxxxxy (spooky), xxxxy (spicy), dexxxxxable (despicable), etc.* SevenDirtyWords: Used four or five of them regularly.* ShowWithinAShow: In one episode the VictimOfTheWeek, private investigator Mike Roberts, has written a bad novel called ''The Cases of Mike Robertini'', and we see a few scenes acted out.* SexySecretary (though they're actually civilian aides, performing clerical and secretarial duties in the squad):** SweaterGirl Donna.** Dolores, who has a second job as a [[spoiler: stripper]].* SweaterGirl: ** Donna's and Adrienne's usual look, with tight sweaters and push-up bras.** Connie, Dianne and Rita also often wear tight sweaters, though Dianne's tops are usually sleeveless, and Connie and Rita alternate with different outfits.* TeamTitle: The '''PD''' in the title stands for Police Department. One of the show's premise is about the titular cops' dynamics.* TrickedIntoEscaping: The cops have made an illegal arrest but they don't want to tell the arrestee that. So Sipowicz goes into the holding area where the perp is locked in a cage, opens it up to talk to him, then starts acting like a crazy bad cop and complaining about the heat. He opens the window along with the locked fence covering the window (ostensibly to get some air circulation), continues to yell at the perp, and then stalks out "forgetting" to close the window or locking him up again. The perp takes the opportunity to escape out the window, which is what they wanted him to do in order to get him out of the station!* UglyGuyHotWife:** Sipowicz. ''Twice'', with Sylvia and Connie. His first wife (ex-wife already when the series starts), while not bad-looking, looks more like you'd expect the wife of a middle-aged detective to look like. Not only are both Sylvia and Connie quite good-looking, but they are also considerably younger than Sipowicz.** Greg's relationship with Donna is the beginning of this, though they break up before marriage is discussed.%% * VanityPlate* WeddingEnhancedFertility: Connie gets pregnant shortly after she and Andy get married, when they're ''already'' taking care of an infant(her murdered sister's daughter that they adopted). Even more of a shock because, as noted under ButICantBePregnant, Connie believed that complications from her teen pregnancy(she gave the baby up for adoption) meant she literally couldn't have any more kids of her own, with the implication that because of this, she and Andy weren't bothering to use contraception.* WhipPan: Used very frequently, to the extent that this, together with the use of shaky shots that looked like the camera was hand-held, became the trademark of the show. %% * WorstNewsJudgmentEver